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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/11%3A_New_Societies_and_Cultures/11.02%3A_Social_Applications_of_EcologyDuring the latter half of the last century, and into the beginning of the present one, Reclus developed a far-ranging "social geography" that laid the foundations of a social ecology, as it explored t...During the latter half of the last century, and into the beginning of the present one, Reclus developed a far-ranging "social geography" that laid the foundations of a social ecology, as it explored the history of the interaction between human society and the natural world, starting with the emergence of homo sapiens and extending to Reclus' own era of urbanization, technological development, political and economic globalization, and embryonic international cooperation.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/04%3A_Agro-Ecological_SystemsThere is a wealth of difference between a number of unrelated actions on a farm, such as leaving hedges for the sake of leaving hedges (however desirable the retention of any hedge might be) and the p...There is a wealth of difference between a number of unrelated actions on a farm, such as leaving hedges for the sake of leaving hedges (however desirable the retention of any hedge might be) and the planting of an odd clump of trees to improve the view, and an integrated conservation plan for a farm based on a full understanding of how to provide the most valuable and varied habitats.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/11%3A_New_Societies_and_Cultures/11.03%3A_Historical_Models_of_CommunitarianismYesterday in every town is now a piece of the history of this movement, and everyone who lived through the past twenty-four hours holds some of the public evidence that could be put towards learning a...Yesterday in every town is now a piece of the history of this movement, and everyone who lived through the past twenty-four hours holds some of the public evidence that could be put towards learning about the past to better understand the present and shape the future. The history of communities is in the making; it is not a dead thing to be pulled out and praised or deplored; it is the inhabitants who are custodians of the past, by the recording of the present.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/12%3A_Case_Studies/12.01%3A_Educating_through_Case_StudiesThe study of disease transmission begins with a view of the dense network of duck farms scattered across drained marshes of South East Asia where people, domestic livestock and migratory birds live ch...The study of disease transmission begins with a view of the dense network of duck farms scattered across drained marshes of South East Asia where people, domestic livestock and migratory birds live cheek by jowl; a wetland engineering project catches the eye of the speeding motorist passing by a linear stretch of reedbed devised to clean up the motorway runoff; an effort to breed and reintroduce rare species begins with a shot of cattle grazing on former rainforest.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/02%3A_Conservation_Management/2.02%3A_Systems_ThinkingEcological thinking is about studying organisms in space and time, classifying patterns of distribution and describing the response of populations to physical/biological factors and the impact of huma...Ecological thinking is about studying organisms in space and time, classifying patterns of distribution and describing the response of populations to physical/biological factors and the impact of human exploitation. From this perspective the aim is to foster attitudes in community and industry to the use of biological resources, changing from the 'maximum yield' approach to one of ecologically sustainable yield.
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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/08%3A_Environmental_Valuation/8.03%3A_Environmental_Impact_AssessmentThese include direct drivers of change associated with a proposal (e.g., land conversion and vegetation removal leading to loss of habitat-a key driver of biodiversity loss, emissions, disturbance, in...These include direct drivers of change associated with a proposal (e.g., land conversion and vegetation removal leading to loss of habitat-a key driver of biodiversity loss, emissions, disturbance, introduction of alien and genetically modified species, etc.); and indirect drivers of change which are harder to quantify, including demographic, economic, socio-political, cultural and technological processes or interventions.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/03%3A_Habitat_CreationAmong the chief factors causing the formation of industrial wasteland are the production and disposal of industrial and domestic refuse and the creation of post-industrial barren land, such as unsight...Among the chief factors causing the formation of industrial wasteland are the production and disposal of industrial and domestic refuse and the creation of post-industrial barren land, such as unsightly heaps and pits by mining, and quarrying activities, and the sites of former factories and industrial infrastructure.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/08%3A_Environmental_Valuation
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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Applied_Ecology_(Wikibooks)/08%3A_Environmental_Valuation/8.02%3A_GEMS_and_SurveillanceJust over a century later the US National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 required the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments for the evaluation of any detrimental effects of new schemes tha...Just over a century later the US National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 required the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments for the evaluation of any detrimental effects of new schemes that would affect landform and drainage. 1976 The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) -reports to the International Council of Scientific Unions (icsu) on global trends in the biosphere most urgently requiring international and interdisciplinary scientific effort.
